cri-o/vendor/cloud.google.com/go/spanner/session.go

/*
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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*/

package spanner

import (
	"container/heap"
	"container/list"
	"fmt"
	"math/rand"
	"strings"
	"sync"
	"time"

	log "github.com/golang/glog"
	"golang.org/x/net/context"

	sppb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/spanner/v1"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
)

// sessionHandle is an interface for transactions to access Cloud Spanner sessions safely. It is generated by sessionPool.take().
type sessionHandle struct {
	// mu guarantees that inner session object is returned / destroyed only once.
	mu sync.Mutex
	// session is a pointer to a session object. Transactions never need to access it directly.
	session *session
}

// recycle gives the inner session object back to its home session pool. It is safe to call recycle multiple times but only the first one would take effect.
func (sh *sessionHandle) recycle() {
	sh.mu.Lock()
	defer sh.mu.Unlock()
	if sh.session == nil {
		// sessionHandle has already been recycled.
		return
	}
	sh.session.recycle()
	sh.session = nil
}

// getID gets the Cloud Spanner session ID from the internal session object. getID returns empty string if the sessionHandle is nil or the inner session
// object has been released by recycle / destroy.
func (sh *sessionHandle) getID() string {
	sh.mu.Lock()
	defer sh.mu.Unlock()
	if sh.session == nil {
		// sessionHandle has already been recycled/destroyed.
		return ""
	}
	return sh.session.getID()
}

// getClient gets the Cloud Spanner RPC client associated with the session ID in sessionHandle.
func (sh *sessionHandle) getClient() sppb.SpannerClient {
	sh.mu.Lock()
	defer sh.mu.Unlock()
	if sh.session == nil {
		return nil
	}
	return sh.session.client
}

// getMetadata returns the metadata associated with the session in sessionHandle.
func (sh *sessionHandle) getMetadata() metadata.MD {
	sh.mu.Lock()
	defer sh.mu.Unlock()
	if sh.session == nil {
		return nil
	}
	return sh.session.md
}

// getTransactionID returns the transaction id in the session if available.
func (sh *sessionHandle) getTransactionID() transactionID {
	sh.mu.Lock()
	defer sh.mu.Unlock()
	if sh.session == nil {
		return nil
	}
	return sh.session.tx
}

// destroy destroys the inner session object. It is safe to call destroy multiple times and only the first call would attempt to
// destroy the inner session object.
func (sh *sessionHandle) destroy() {
	sh.mu.Lock()
	s := sh.session
	sh.session = nil
	sh.mu.Unlock()
	if s == nil {
		// sessionHandle has already been destroyed.
		return
	}
	s.destroy(false)
}

// session wraps a Cloud Spanner session ID through which transactions are created and executed.
type session struct {
	// client is the RPC channel to Cloud Spanner. It is set only once during session's creation.
	client sppb.SpannerClient
	// id is the unique id of the session in Cloud Spanner. It is set only once during session's creation.
	id string
	// pool is the session's home session pool where it was created. It is set only once during session's creation.
	pool *sessionPool
	// createTime is the timestamp of the session's creation. It is set only once during session's creation.
	createTime time.Time

	// mu protects the following fields from concurrent access: both healthcheck workers and transactions can modify them.
	mu sync.Mutex
	// valid marks the validity of a session.
	valid bool
	// hcIndex is the index of the session inside the global healthcheck queue. If hcIndex < 0, session has been unregistered from the queue.
	hcIndex int
	// idleList is the linkedlist node which links the session to its home session pool's idle list. If idleList == nil, the
	// session is not in idle list.
	idleList *list.Element
	// nextCheck is the timestamp of next scheduled healthcheck of the session. It is maintained by the global health checker.
	nextCheck time.Time
	// checkingHelath is true if currently this session is being processed by health checker. Must be modified under health checker lock.
	checkingHealth bool
	// md is the Metadata to be sent with each request.
	md metadata.MD
	// tx contains the transaction id if the session has been prepared for write.
	tx transactionID
}

// isValid returns true if the session is still valid for use.
func (s *session) isValid() bool {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	return s.valid
}

// isWritePrepared returns true if the session is prepared for write.
func (s *session) isWritePrepared() bool {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	return s.tx != nil
}

// String implements fmt.Stringer for session.
func (s *session) String() string {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	return fmt.Sprintf("<id=%v, hcIdx=%v, idleList=%p, valid=%v, create=%v, nextcheck=%v>",
		s.id, s.hcIndex, s.idleList, s.valid, s.createTime, s.nextCheck)
}

// ping verifies if the session is still alive in Cloud Spanner.
func (s *session) ping() error {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
	defer cancel()
	return runRetryable(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
		_, err := s.client.GetSession(contextWithMetadata(ctx, s.pool.md), &sppb.GetSessionRequest{Name: s.getID()}) // s.getID is safe even when s is invalid.
		return err
	})
}

// refreshIdle refreshes the session's session ID if it is in its home session pool's idle list
// and returns true if successful.
func (s *session) refreshIdle() bool {
	s.mu.Lock()
	validAndIdle := s.valid && s.idleList != nil
	s.mu.Unlock()
	if !validAndIdle {
		// Optimization: return early if s is not valid or if s is not in idle list.
		return false
	}
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
	defer cancel()
	var sid string
	err := runRetryable(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
		session, e := s.client.CreateSession(contextWithMetadata(ctx, s.pool.md), &sppb.CreateSessionRequest{Database: s.pool.db})
		if e != nil {
			return e
		}
		sid = session.Name
		return nil
	})
	if err != nil {
		return false
	}
	s.pool.mu.Lock()
	s.mu.Lock()
	var recycle bool
	if s.valid && s.idleList != nil {
		// session is in idle list, refresh its session id.
		sid, s.id = s.id, sid
		if s.tx != nil {
			s.tx = nil
			s.pool.idleWriteList.Remove(s.idleList)
			// We need to put this session back into the pool.
			recycle = true
		}
	}
	s.mu.Unlock()
	s.pool.mu.Unlock()
	if recycle {
		s.pool.recycle(s)
	}
	// If we fail to explicitly destroy the session, it will be eventually garbage collected by
	// Cloud Spanner.
	if err = runRetryable(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
		_, e := s.client.DeleteSession(contextWithMetadata(ctx, s.pool.md), &sppb.DeleteSessionRequest{Name: sid})
		return e
	}); err != nil {
		return false
	}
	return true
}

// setHcIndex atomically sets the session's index in the healthcheck queue and returns the old index.
func (s *session) setHcIndex(i int) int {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	oi := s.hcIndex
	s.hcIndex = i
	return oi
}

// setIdleList atomically sets the session's idle list link and returns the old link.
func (s *session) setIdleList(le *list.Element) *list.Element {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	old := s.idleList
	s.idleList = le
	return old
}

// invalidate marks a session as invalid and returns the old validity.
func (s *session) invalidate() bool {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	ov := s.valid
	s.valid = false
	return ov
}

// setNextCheck sets the timestamp for next healthcheck on the session.
func (s *session) setNextCheck(t time.Time) {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	s.nextCheck = t
}

// setTransactionID sets the transaction id in the session
func (s *session) setTransactionID(tx transactionID) {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	s.tx = tx
}

// getID returns the session ID which uniquely identifies the session in Cloud Spanner.
func (s *session) getID() string {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	return s.id
}

// getHcIndex returns the session's index into the global healthcheck priority queue.
func (s *session) getHcIndex() int {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	return s.hcIndex
}

// getIdleList returns the session's link in its home session pool's idle list.
func (s *session) getIdleList() *list.Element {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	return s.idleList
}

// getNextCheck returns the timestamp for next healthcheck on the session.
func (s *session) getNextCheck() time.Time {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	return s.nextCheck
}

// recycle turns the session back to its home session pool.
func (s *session) recycle() {
	s.setTransactionID(nil)
	if !s.pool.recycle(s) {
		// s is rejected by its home session pool because it expired and the session pool is currently having enough number of open sessions.
		s.destroy(false)
	}
}

// destroy removes the session from its home session pool, healthcheck queue and Cloud Spanner service.
func (s *session) destroy(isExpire bool) bool {
	// Remove s from session pool.
	if !s.pool.remove(s, isExpire) {
		return false
	}
	// Unregister s from healthcheck queue.
	s.pool.hc.unregister(s)
	// Remove s from Cloud Spanner service.
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
	defer cancel()
	// Ignore the error returned by runRetryable because even if we fail to explicitly destroy the session,
	// it will be eventually garbage collected by Cloud Spanner.
	runRetryable(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
		_, e := s.client.DeleteSession(ctx, &sppb.DeleteSessionRequest{Name: s.getID()})
		return e
	})
	return true
}

// prepareForWrite prepares the session for write if it is not already in that state.
func (s *session) prepareForWrite(ctx context.Context) error {
	if s.isWritePrepared() {
		return nil
	}
	tx, err := beginTransaction(ctx, s.getID(), s.client)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	s.setTransactionID(tx)
	return nil
}

// SessionPoolConfig stores configurations of a session pool.
type SessionPoolConfig struct {
	// getRPCClient is the caller supplied method for getting a gRPC client to Cloud Spanner, this makes session pool able to use client pooling.
	getRPCClient func() (sppb.SpannerClient, error)
	// MaxOpened is the maximum number of opened sessions that is allowed by the
	// session pool, zero means unlimited.
	MaxOpened uint64
	// MinOpened is the minimum number of opened sessions that the session pool
	// tries to maintain. Session pool won't continue to expire sessions if number
	// of opened connections drops below MinOpened. However, if session is found
	// to be broken, it will still be evicted from session pool, therefore it is
	// posssible that the number of opened sessions drops below MinOpened.
	MinOpened uint64
	// MaxSessionAge is the maximum duration that a session can be reused, zero
	// means session pool will never expire sessions.
	MaxSessionAge time.Duration
	// MaxBurst is the maximum number of concurrent session creation requests,
	MaxBurst uint64
	// WriteSessions is the fraction of sessions we try to keep prepared for write.
	WriteSessions float64
	// HealthCheckWorkers is number of workers used by health checker for this pool.
	HealthCheckWorkers int
	// HealthCheckInterval is how often the health checker pings a session.
	HealthCheckInterval time.Duration
}

// errNoRPCGetter returns error for SessionPoolConfig missing getRPCClient method.
func errNoRPCGetter() error {
	return spannerErrorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "require SessionPoolConfig.getRPCClient != nil, got nil")
}

// errMinOpenedGTMapOpened returns error for SessionPoolConfig.MaxOpened < SessionPoolConfig.MinOpened when SessionPoolConfig.MaxOpened is set.
func errMinOpenedGTMaxOpened(spc *SessionPoolConfig) error {
	return spannerErrorf(codes.InvalidArgument,
		"require SessionPoolConfig.MaxOpened >= SessionPoolConfig.MinOpened, got %v and %v", spc.MaxOpened, spc.MinOpened)
}

// validate verifies that the SessionPoolConfig is good for use.
func (spc *SessionPoolConfig) validate() error {
	if spc.getRPCClient == nil {
		return errNoRPCGetter()
	}
	if spc.MinOpened > spc.MaxOpened && spc.MaxOpened > 0 {
		return errMinOpenedGTMaxOpened(spc)
	}
	return nil
}

// sessionPool creates and caches Cloud Spanner sessions.
type sessionPool struct {
	// mu protects sessionPool from concurrent access.
	mu sync.Mutex
	// valid marks the validity of the session pool.
	valid bool
	// db is the database name that all sessions in the pool are associated with.
	db string
	// idleList caches idle session IDs. Session IDs in this list can be allocated for use.
	idleList list.List
	// idleWriteList caches idle sessions which have been prepared for write.
	idleWriteList list.List
	// mayGetSession is for broadcasting that session retrival/creation may proceed.
	mayGetSession chan struct{}
	// numOpened is the total number of open sessions from the session pool.
	numOpened uint64
	// createReqs is the number of ongoing session creation requests.
	createReqs uint64
	// prepareReqs is the number of ongoing session preparation request.
	prepareReqs uint64
	// configuration of the session pool.
	SessionPoolConfig
	// Metadata to be sent with each request
	md metadata.MD
	// hc is the health checker
	hc *healthChecker
}

// newSessionPool creates a new session pool.
func newSessionPool(db string, config SessionPoolConfig, md metadata.MD) (*sessionPool, error) {
	if err := config.validate(); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	pool := &sessionPool{
		db:                db,
		valid:             true,
		mayGetSession:     make(chan struct{}),
		SessionPoolConfig: config,
		md:                md,
	}
	if config.HealthCheckWorkers == 0 {
		// With 10 workers and assuming average latency of 5 ms for BeginTransaction, we will be able to
		// prepare 2000 tx/sec in advance. If the rate of takeWriteSession is more than that, it will
		// degrade to doing BeginTransaction inline.
		// TODO: consider resizing the worker pool dynamically according to the load.
		config.HealthCheckWorkers = 10
	}
	if config.HealthCheckInterval == 0 {
		config.HealthCheckInterval = 5 * time.Minute
	}
	// On GCE VM, within the same region an healthcheck ping takes on average 10ms to finish, given a 5 minutes interval and
	// 10 healthcheck workers, a healthChecker can effectively mantain 100 checks_per_worker/sec * 10 workers * 300 seconds = 300K sessions.
	pool.hc = newHealthChecker(config.HealthCheckInterval, config.HealthCheckWorkers, pool)
	return pool, nil
}

// isValid checks if the session pool is still valid.
func (p *sessionPool) isValid() bool {
	if p == nil {
		return false
	}
	p.mu.Lock()
	defer p.mu.Unlock()
	return p.valid
}

// close marks the session pool as closed.
func (p *sessionPool) close() {
	if p == nil {
		return
	}
	p.mu.Lock()
	if !p.valid {
		p.mu.Unlock()
		return
	}
	p.valid = false
	p.mu.Unlock()
	p.hc.close()
	// destroy all the sessions
	p.hc.mu.Lock()
	allSessions := make([]*session, len(p.hc.queue.sessions))
	copy(allSessions, p.hc.queue.sessions)
	p.hc.mu.Unlock()
	for _, s := range allSessions {
		s.destroy(false)
	}
}

// errInvalidSessionPool returns error for using an invalid session pool.
func errInvalidSessionPool() error {
	return spannerErrorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "invalid session pool")
}

// errGetSessionTimeout returns error for context timeout during sessionPool.take().
func errGetSessionTimeout() error {
	return spannerErrorf(codes.Canceled, "timeout / context canceled during getting session")
}

// shouldPrepareWrite returns true if we should prepare more sessions for write.
func (p *sessionPool) shouldPrepareWrite() bool {
	return float64(p.numOpened)*p.WriteSessions > float64(p.idleWriteList.Len()+int(p.prepareReqs))
}

func (p *sessionPool) createSession(ctx context.Context) (*session, error) {
	doneCreate := func(done bool) {
		p.mu.Lock()
		if !done {
			// Session creation failed, give budget back.
			p.numOpened--
		}
		p.createReqs--
		// Notify other waiters blocking on session creation.
		close(p.mayGetSession)
		p.mayGetSession = make(chan struct{})
		p.mu.Unlock()
	}
	sc, err := p.getRPCClient()
	if err != nil {
		doneCreate(false)
		return nil, err
	}
	var s *session
	err = runRetryable(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
		sid, e := sc.CreateSession(ctx, &sppb.CreateSessionRequest{Database: p.db})
		if e != nil {
			return e
		}
		// If no error, construct the new session.
		s = &session{valid: true, client: sc, id: sid.Name, pool: p, createTime: time.Now(), md: p.md}
		p.hc.register(s)
		return nil
	})
	if err != nil {
		doneCreate(false)
		// Should return error directly because of the previous retries on CreateSession RPC.
		return nil, err
	}
	doneCreate(true)
	return s, nil
}

func (p *sessionPool) isHealthy(s *session) bool {
	if s.getNextCheck().Add(2 * p.hc.getInterval()).Before(time.Now()) {
		// TODO: figure out if we need to schedule a new healthcheck worker here.
		if err := s.ping(); shouldDropSession(err) {
			// The session is already bad, continue to fetch/create a new one.
			s.destroy(false)
			return false
		}
		p.hc.scheduledHC(s)
	}
	return true
}

// take returns a cached session if there are available ones; if there isn't any, it tries to allocate a new one.
// Session returned by take should be used for read operations.
func (p *sessionPool) take(ctx context.Context) (*sessionHandle, error) {
	ctx = contextWithMetadata(ctx, p.md)
	for {
		var (
			s   *session
			err error
		)

		p.mu.Lock()
		if !p.valid {
			p.mu.Unlock()
			return nil, errInvalidSessionPool()
		}
		if p.idleList.Len() > 0 {
			// Idle sessions are available, get one from the top of the idle list.
			s = p.idleList.Remove(p.idleList.Front()).(*session)
		} else if p.idleWriteList.Len() > 0 {
			s = p.idleWriteList.Remove(p.idleWriteList.Front()).(*session)
		}
		if s != nil {
			s.setIdleList(nil)
			p.mu.Unlock()
			// From here, session is no longer in idle list, so healthcheck workers won't destroy it.
			// If healthcheck workers failed to schedule healthcheck for the session timely, do the check here.
			// Because session check is still much cheaper than session creation, they should be reused as much as possible.
			if !p.isHealthy(s) {
				continue
			}
			return &sessionHandle{session: s}, nil
		}
		// Idle list is empty, block if session pool has reached max session creation concurrency or max number of open sessions.
		if (p.MaxOpened > 0 && p.numOpened >= p.MaxOpened) || (p.MaxBurst > 0 && p.createReqs >= p.MaxBurst) {
			mayGetSession := p.mayGetSession
			p.mu.Unlock()
			select {
			case <-ctx.Done():
				return nil, errGetSessionTimeout()
			case <-mayGetSession:
			}
			continue
		}
		// Take budget before the actual session creation.
		p.numOpened++
		p.createReqs++
		p.mu.Unlock()
		if s, err = p.createSession(ctx); err != nil {
			return nil, toSpannerError(err)
		}
		return &sessionHandle{session: s}, nil
	}
}

// takeWriteSession returns a write prepared cached session if there are available ones; if there isn't any, it tries to allocate a new one.
// Session returned should be used for read write transactions.
func (p *sessionPool) takeWriteSession(ctx context.Context) (*sessionHandle, error) {
	ctx = contextWithMetadata(ctx, p.md)
	for {
		var (
			s   *session
			err error
		)

		p.mu.Lock()
		if !p.valid {
			p.mu.Unlock()
			return nil, errInvalidSessionPool()
		}
		if p.idleWriteList.Len() > 0 {
			// Idle sessions are available, get one from the top of the idle list.
			s = p.idleWriteList.Remove(p.idleWriteList.Front()).(*session)
		} else if p.idleList.Len() > 0 {
			s = p.idleList.Remove(p.idleList.Front()).(*session)
		}
		if s != nil {
			s.setIdleList(nil)
			p.mu.Unlock()
			// From here, session is no longer in idle list, so healthcheck workers won't destroy it.
			// If healthcheck workers failed to schedule healthcheck for the session timely, do the check here.
			// Because session check is still much cheaper than session creation, they should be reused as much as possible.
			if !p.isHealthy(s) {
				continue
			}
			if !s.isWritePrepared() {
				if err = s.prepareForWrite(ctx); err != nil {
					return nil, toSpannerError(err)
				}
			}
			return &sessionHandle{session: s}, nil
		}
		// Idle list is empty, block if session pool has reached max session creation concurrency or max number of open sessions.
		if (p.MaxOpened > 0 && p.numOpened >= p.MaxOpened) || (p.MaxBurst > 0 && p.createReqs >= p.MaxBurst) {
			mayGetSession := p.mayGetSession
			p.mu.Unlock()
			select {
			case <-ctx.Done():
				return nil, errGetSessionTimeout()
			case <-mayGetSession:
			}
			continue
		}

		// Take budget before the actual session creation.
		p.numOpened++
		p.createReqs++
		p.mu.Unlock()
		if s, err = p.createSession(ctx); err != nil {
			return nil, toSpannerError(err)
		}
		if err = s.prepareForWrite(ctx); err != nil {
			return nil, toSpannerError(err)
		}
		return &sessionHandle{session: s}, nil
	}
}

// recycle puts session s back to the session pool's idle list, it returns true if the session pool successfully recycles session s.
func (p *sessionPool) recycle(s *session) bool {
	p.mu.Lock()
	defer p.mu.Unlock()
	if !s.isValid() || !p.valid {
		// Reject the session if session is invalid or pool itself is invalid.
		return false
	}
	if p.MaxSessionAge != 0 && s.createTime.Add(p.MaxSessionAge).Before(time.Now()) && p.numOpened > p.MinOpened {
		// session expires and number of opened sessions exceeds MinOpened, let the session destroy itself.
		return false
	}
	// Hot sessions will be converging at the front of the list, cold sessions will be evicted by healthcheck workers.
	if s.isWritePrepared() {
		s.setIdleList(p.idleWriteList.PushFront(s))
	} else {
		s.setIdleList(p.idleList.PushFront(s))
	}
	// Broadcast that a session has been returned to idle list.
	close(p.mayGetSession)
	p.mayGetSession = make(chan struct{})
	return true
}

// remove atomically removes session s from the session pool and invalidates s.
// If isExpire == true, the removal is triggered by session expiration and in such cases, only idle sessions can be removed.
func (p *sessionPool) remove(s *session, isExpire bool) bool {
	p.mu.Lock()
	defer p.mu.Unlock()
	if isExpire && (p.numOpened <= p.MinOpened || s.getIdleList() == nil) {
		// Don't expire session if the session is not in idle list (in use), or if number of open sessions is going below p.MinOpened.
		return false
	}
	ol := s.setIdleList(nil)
	// If the session is in the idlelist, remove it.
	if ol != nil {
		// Remove from whichever list it is in.
		p.idleList.Remove(ol)
		p.idleWriteList.Remove(ol)
	}
	if s.invalidate() {
		// Decrease the number of opened sessions.
		p.numOpened--
		// Broadcast that a session has been destroyed.
		close(p.mayGetSession)
		p.mayGetSession = make(chan struct{})
		return true
	}
	return false
}

// hcHeap implements heap.Interface. It is used to create the priority queue for session healthchecks.
type hcHeap struct {
	sessions []*session
}

// Len impelemnts heap.Interface.Len.
func (h hcHeap) Len() int {
	return len(h.sessions)
}

// Less implements heap.Interface.Less.
func (h hcHeap) Less(i, j int) bool {
	return h.sessions[i].getNextCheck().Before(h.sessions[j].getNextCheck())
}

// Swap implements heap.Interface.Swap.
func (h hcHeap) Swap(i, j int) {
	h.sessions[i], h.sessions[j] = h.sessions[j], h.sessions[i]
	h.sessions[i].setHcIndex(i)
	h.sessions[j].setHcIndex(j)
}

// Push implements heap.Interface.Push.
func (h *hcHeap) Push(s interface{}) {
	ns := s.(*session)
	ns.setHcIndex(len(h.sessions))
	h.sessions = append(h.sessions, ns)
}

// Pop implements heap.Interface.Pop.
func (h *hcHeap) Pop() interface{} {
	old := h.sessions
	n := len(old)
	s := old[n-1]
	h.sessions = old[:n-1]
	s.setHcIndex(-1)
	return s
}

// healthChecker performs periodical healthchecks on registered sessions.
type healthChecker struct {
	// mu protects concurrent access to hcQueue.
	mu sync.Mutex
	// queue is the priority queue for session healthchecks. Sessions with lower nextCheck rank higher in the queue.
	queue hcHeap
	// interval is the average interval between two healthchecks on a session.
	interval time.Duration
	// workers is the number of concurrent healthcheck workers.
	workers int
	// waitWorkers waits for all healthcheck workers to exit
	waitWorkers sync.WaitGroup
	// pool is the underlying session pool.
	pool *sessionPool
	// closed marks if a healthChecker has been closed.
	closed bool
}

// newHealthChecker initializes new instance of healthChecker.
func newHealthChecker(interval time.Duration, workers int, pool *sessionPool) *healthChecker {
	if workers <= 0 {
		workers = 1
	}
	hc := &healthChecker{
		interval: interval,
		workers:  workers,
		pool:     pool,
	}
	for i := 0; i < hc.workers; i++ {
		hc.waitWorkers.Add(1)
		go hc.worker(i)
	}
	return hc
}

// close closes the healthChecker and waits for all healthcheck workers to exit.
func (hc *healthChecker) close() {
	hc.mu.Lock()
	hc.closed = true
	hc.mu.Unlock()
	hc.waitWorkers.Wait()
}

// isClosing checks if a healthChecker is already closing.
func (hc *healthChecker) isClosing() bool {
	hc.mu.Lock()
	defer hc.mu.Unlock()
	return hc.closed
}

// getInterval gets the healthcheck interval.
func (hc *healthChecker) getInterval() time.Duration {
	hc.mu.Lock()
	defer hc.mu.Unlock()
	return hc.interval
}

// scheduledHCLocked schedules next healthcheck on session s with the assumption that hc.mu is being held.
func (hc *healthChecker) scheduledHCLocked(s *session) {
	// The next healthcheck will be scheduled after [interval*0.5, interval*1.5) nanoseconds.
	nsFromNow := rand.Int63n(int64(hc.interval)) + int64(hc.interval)/2
	s.setNextCheck(time.Now().Add(time.Duration(nsFromNow)))
	if hi := s.getHcIndex(); hi != -1 {
		// Session is still being tracked by healthcheck workers.
		heap.Fix(&hc.queue, hi)
	}
}

// scheduledHC schedules next healthcheck on session s. It is safe to be called concurrently.
func (hc *healthChecker) scheduledHC(s *session) {
	hc.mu.Lock()
	defer hc.mu.Unlock()
	hc.scheduledHCLocked(s)
}

// register registers a session with healthChecker for periodical healthcheck.
func (hc *healthChecker) register(s *session) {
	hc.mu.Lock()
	defer hc.mu.Unlock()
	hc.scheduledHCLocked(s)
	heap.Push(&hc.queue, s)
}

// unregister unregisters a session from healthcheck queue.
func (hc *healthChecker) unregister(s *session) {
	hc.mu.Lock()
	defer hc.mu.Unlock()
	oi := s.setHcIndex(-1)
	if oi >= 0 {
		heap.Remove(&hc.queue, oi)
	}
}

// markDone marks that health check for session has been performed.
func (hc *healthChecker) markDone(s *session) {
	hc.mu.Lock()
	defer hc.mu.Unlock()
	s.checkingHealth = false
}

// healthCheck checks the health of the session and pings it if needed.
func (hc *healthChecker) healthCheck(s *session) {
	defer hc.markDone(s)
	if !s.pool.isValid() {
		// Session pool is closed, perform a garbage collection.
		s.destroy(false)
		return
	}
	if s.pool.MaxSessionAge != 0 && s.createTime.Add(s.pool.MaxSessionAge).Before(time.Now()) {
		// Session reaches its maximum age, retire it. Failing that try to refresh it.
		if s.destroy(true) || !s.refreshIdle() {
			return
		}
	}
	if err := s.ping(); shouldDropSession(err) {
		// Ping failed, destroy the session.
		s.destroy(false)
	}
}

// worker performs the healthcheck on sessions in healthChecker's priority queue.
func (hc *healthChecker) worker(i int) {
	if log.V(2) {
		log.Info("Starting health check worker %v", i)
	}
	// Returns a session which we should ping to keep it alive.
	getNextForPing := func() *session {
		hc.pool.mu.Lock()
		defer hc.pool.mu.Unlock()
		hc.mu.Lock()
		defer hc.mu.Unlock()
		if hc.queue.Len() <= 0 {
			// Queue is empty.
			return nil
		}
		s := hc.queue.sessions[0]
		if s.getNextCheck().After(time.Now()) && hc.pool.valid {
			// All sessions have been checked recently.
			return nil
		}
		hc.scheduledHCLocked(s)
		if !s.checkingHealth {
			s.checkingHealth = true
			return s
		}
		return nil
	}

	// Returns a session which we should prepare for write.
	getNextForTx := func() *session {
		hc.pool.mu.Lock()
		defer hc.pool.mu.Unlock()
		if hc.pool.shouldPrepareWrite() {
			if hc.pool.idleList.Len() > 0 && hc.pool.valid {
				hc.mu.Lock()
				defer hc.mu.Unlock()
				if hc.pool.idleList.Front().Value.(*session).checkingHealth {
					return nil
				}
				session := hc.pool.idleList.Remove(hc.pool.idleList.Front()).(*session)
				session.checkingHealth = true
				hc.pool.prepareReqs++
				return session
			}
		}
		return nil
	}

	for {
		if hc.isClosing() {
			if log.V(2) {
				log.Info("Closing health check worker %v", i)
			}
			// Exit when the pool has been closed and all sessions have been destroyed
			// or when health checker has been closed.
			hc.waitWorkers.Done()
			return
		}
		ws := getNextForTx()
		if ws != nil {
			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
			defer cancel()
			ws.prepareForWrite(contextWithMetadata(ctx, hc.pool.md))
			hc.pool.recycle(ws)
			hc.pool.mu.Lock()
			hc.pool.prepareReqs--
			hc.pool.mu.Unlock()
			hc.markDone(ws)
		}
		rs := getNextForPing()
		if rs == nil {
			if ws == nil {
				// No work to be done so sleep to avoid burning cpu
				pause := int64(100 * time.Millisecond)
				if pause > int64(hc.interval) {
					pause = int64(hc.interval)
				}
				<-time.After(time.Duration(rand.Int63n(pause) + pause/2))
			}
			continue
		}
		hc.healthCheck(rs)
	}
}

// shouldDropSession returns true if a particular error leads to the removal of a session
func shouldDropSession(err error) bool {
	if err == nil {
		return false
	}
	// If a Cloud Spanner can no longer locate the session (for example, if session is garbage collected), then caller
	// should not try to return the session back into the session pool.
	// TODO: once gRPC can return auxilary error information, stop parsing the error message.
	if ErrCode(err) == codes.NotFound && strings.Contains(ErrDesc(err), "Session not found:") {
		return true
	}
	return false
}